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Watch: Oneshot — A Closer Look At Iconic Man On The Moon Photo

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon Neil Armstrong/NASA

Along with all the hardware to get to the moon and back, the Apollo 11 mission also brought along three Hasselblad 500EL cameras. With video and audio equipment to beam sound and moving images back in real-time, NASA also wanted to preserve the history in crisp, high definition photographs. Two of the Hasselblads were taken to the moon’s surface: one was a Hasselblad Data Camera with a Zeiss Biogon 60mm lens, which was attached to Neil Armstrong’s chest to document what he was seeing during his stroll on the lunar surface; the other, a Hasselblad Electric Camera (HEC) was used […]

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Greek Stocks Dive, Obama’s Climate Bet, Whodunit Formula

Greek Stocks Dive, Obama's Climate Bet, Whodunit Formula

OBAMA TO UNVEIL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN U.S. President Barack Obama is set to unveil what he described as “the biggest, most important step we’ve ever taken” to tackle climate change. The revised Clean Power Plan aims at cutting greenhouse gas emissions by almost one-third over the next 15 years and represents “the administration’s boldest […]

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Ultimatum For Greece, Crumbling DSK Case, NSA Exposed

Ultimatum For Greece, Crumbling DSK Case, NSA Exposed

UKRAINE PARTIES REFUSE PULLBACKPhoto: Donetsk airport — Source: Sokolov Mikhail/TASS/ZUMAGovernment forces and pro-Russian rebels have failed to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line despite today’s agreed deadline, The Guardian reports. Fighting has stopped in most areas since a ceasefire began three days ago, but not in the city of Debaltseve where a Ukrainian military […]

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In Naples, One Small Beer For Mankind

In Naples, One Small Beer For Mankind

A couple of hours after I took this picture, I shared a beer with an American G.I. stationed in Naples, not far from this narrow street in the old city center where laundry was drying in the summer heat. How do I remember that beer so clearly? The date was July 21, 1969 — and […]

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As Tour De France Begins, Interview With A Defiant Lance Armstrong

On the road to truth?
On the road to truth? Richard Masoner

Lance Armstrong hasn’t told “the whole story” yet. Ever since his long-awaited January confession with Oprah Winfrey, the high priestess of American talk shows, the now former seven-time winner of the Tour de France hasn’t uttered a word, just a rare tweet from time to time to his four million followers on Twitter. So when […]

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After Armstrong: Doping In Cycling “Truth And Reconciliation” Commission Proposed

BLOOMBERG, VELO NEWS (USA), THE INDEPENDENT (UK) Worldcrunch AIGLE – The UCI (International Cycling Union), has given in to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and American Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and disbanded its independent commission on the Lance Armstrong affair, opting instead to create a “truth and reconciliation panel” that looks more broadly at investigating the culture […]

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Lance Armstrong Gives Up Fight Against Doping Charges, Could Be Stripped Of 7 Tour De France Titles

SLATE.FR, LE FIGARO (France), ASSOCIATED PRESS (U.S.) Worldcrunch The cycling world was awash with speculation on Friday that American cyclist Lance Armstrong could be stripped of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles, after announcing he was giving up the fight against doping charges from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Le Figaro reports that only […]

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